How Did Music Help You During Quarantine?

[Linnette Gray]

The COVID-19 pandemic means that many of us are staying at home and doing less in terms of social interactions and exercise. This can have a negative effect on your physical and mental health. How did music help you cope with anxiety brought about by the Covid-19 quarantine?

[ZenithMC]

I can't say that Covid-19 caused me any real anxiety, probably due to the fact that I don't watch the news or read about current events; I simply have no interest in the happenings/going-ons of the World. Life is pretty much business as usual for me. Even before the onset of the pandemic, I was almost always at home and talked to very few people (no social life). That may seem bleak to those who aren't introverted, but I prefer it this way. I've always done exercises in my house. I spend more time writing music and performing music than listening to music, but when I'm looking to chill: vidya time!

[Linnette Gray]

I can't say that Covid-19 caused me any real anxiety, probably due to the fact that I don't watch the news or read about current events; I simply have no interest in the happenings/going-ons of the World. Life is pretty much business as usual for me. Even before the onset of the pandemic, I was almost always at home and talked to very few people (no social life). That may seem bleak to those who aren't introverted, but I prefer it this way. I've always done exercises in my house. I spend more time writing music and performing music than listening to music, but when I'm looking to chill: vidya time!

Good for you, I've known a lot of people who really got affected by this quarantine. So you are a musician, what kind of music do you make?

[ZenithMC]

Good for you, I've known a lot of people who really got affected by this quarantine. So you are a musician, what kind of music do you make?

Pretty much any kind, but mostly power metal. I've written electronic, techno, orchestral, blues, jazz, prog, waltz, fugues (rather poorly, though), and avant-garde styles, too. I like anything, as long as it has a nice melody and/or atmosphere. I'll make a thread about it eventually...

[doc_holliday]

Good for you, I've known a lot of people who really got affected by this quarantine. So you are a musician, what kind of music do you make?

Pretty much any kind, but mostly power metal. I've written electronic, techno, orchestral, blues, jazz, prog, waltz, fugues (rather poorly, though), and avant-garde styles, too. I like anything, as long as it has a nice melody and/or atmosphere. I'll make a thread about it eventually...

Yea me too, but my favorite styles are power metal and eurodance. But there's not a lot of melody in jazz, is there?

[robocop]

Good for you, I've known a lot of people who really got affected by this quarantine. So you are a musician, what kind of music do you make?

Pretty much any kind, but mostly power metal. I've written electronic, techno, orchestral, blues, jazz, prog, waltz, fugues (rather poorly, though), and avant-garde styles, too. I like anything, as long as it has a nice melody and/or atmosphere. I'll make a thread about it eventually...

Yea me too, but my favorite styles are power metal and eurodance. But there's not a lot of melody in jazz, is there?

Here

https://youtu.be/AFSvvV9gPkY

[ZenithMC]

But there's not a lot of melody in jazz, is there?

I think there are tons of melody in jazz, at least from what I've heard. I don't listen to jazz very often, nor do I have a very deep understanding of jazz music, so the jazz songs that I've written might be some bastard form of jazz music, I don't know.

Here

This is a nice jazz fusion example. I'm not a fan of the timbre of the saxophone at all, generally speaking. Funny enough, I've never written in a fusion style before. The jazz pieces that I've written are more traditional, with the 8th note swing, walking bass line, & all that. My jazz pieces sound similar to Nobuo Uematsu's jazzy stuff from FF7, as that was my primary influence.

Here's another jazz fusion example from Megaman Network Transmission:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_ij1jJGSJ8

[doc_holliday]

Pretty much any kind, but mostly power metal. I've written electronic, techno, orchestral, blues, jazz, prog, waltz, fugues (rather poorly, though), and avant-garde styles, too. I like anything, as long as it has a nice melody and/or atmosphere. I'll make a thread about it eventually...

Yea me too, but my favorite styles are power metal and eurodance. But there's not a lot of melody in jazz, is there?

Here

https://youtu.be/AFSvvV9gPkY

I did not enjoy that

[ZenithMC]

But there's not a lot of melody in jazz, is there?

Hey, doc! I found a jazz song without a melody, but with tons of solos. This song is structured more like a traditional jazz song (walking bass line, blah blah blah) albeit with some atypical instrumentation in places.

I love this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBvUH48bY_I

EDIT: Nevermind. Apparently this is a free-form jazz piece which is why it consists mostly of "improv" solos and sporadic tone clusters. There's really nothing typical about this song!

[ZenithMC]

Here's another example. Free form jazz w/ fusion instrumentation. The guitar seems to be in a different temperament than the other instruments, which sounds awful to me. I can't say that I like this song too much...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFUngcfaDJY

[doc_holliday]

But there's not a lot of melody in jazz, is there?

Hey, doc! I found a jazz song without a melody, but with tons of solos. This song is structured more like a traditional jazz song (walking bass line, blah blah blah) albeit with some atypical instrumentation in places.

I love this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBvUH48bY_I

EDIT: Nevermind. Apparently this is a free-form jazz piece which is why it consists mostly of "improv" solos and sporadic tone clusters. There's really nothing typical about this song!

yea I didn't enjoy this one either
but it's fine for background music like in a video game

[doc_holliday]

Here's another example. Free form jazz w/ fusion instrumentation. The guitar seems to be in a different temperament than the other instruments, which sounds awful to me. I can't say that I like this song too much...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFUngcfaDJY

actually, this one was less bad than the other ones for me.

[Robocop 2.0]

Didn't cause any sort of anxiety for me, but staying more at home made me more active at looking for new and "new" music. I guess I also watch way more live concerts on youtube now.